2018 FA CUP FIRST ROUND DRAW -- MONDAY 22nd OCTOBER

The draw for the First Round of this years Emirates FA Cup will be made later on Monday night live on BBC TV, another sure sign that Winter is soon to be upon us. While we are currently struggling in League One it will be good to mount a reasonable Cup run for a change and maybe get as far as playing a Premier League side as we did last year losing to Spurs at Wembley in round three.

There are 80 Numbers in the "hat" for the first round proper, the draw is live on BBC Two at 7pm hosted by Mark Chapman, Lynsey Hipgrave will supervise the draw with two footballing guests, Dennis Wise and Dion Dublin (little and large) will be drawing the balls out. Plenty of non league interest and stories from amongst the 32 sides that have made it from qualifying, these include the boys in blue, Met Police who play local to me near Hampton Court would be interesting. A draw against Salford City would probably guarantee some air time on BBC TV in round one.

AFC Wimbledon have been assigned ball No. 2. A home draw would also be nice for a change, and I just hope we avoid the Franchise scum for obvious reasons In fact I wouldn't mind hosting Aldershot (Ball No.71) perhaps at this stage with the ambition for a lucrative tie in rounds three and four perhaps?

The Full 1st round draw will appear here during the evening as the ties are confirmed ... matches to be played over the period of 9th - 12th November the winners in round one will pick up £36,000 in prize money for their efforts.

  Haringey Borough        Vs        AFC Wimbledon
  Maidstone United        Vs        Macclesfield
  Ebbsfleet United        Vs        Cheltenham Town
  Hampton and Richmond        Vs        Oldham Athletic
  Swindon Town        Vs        York City
  Mansfield Town        Vs        Charlton Athletic
  Torquay United        Vs        Woking
  Scunthorpe United        Vs        Burton Albion
  Port Vale        Vs        Sunderland
  Aldershot Town        Vs        Bradford City
  Grimsby Town        Vs        MK Scum
  Chorley        Vs        Doncaster Rovers
  Alfreton Town        Vs        Fleetwood Town
  Bromley        Vs        Peterborough
  Southport        Vs        Boreham Wood or Dagenham
  Plymouth Argyle        Vs        Stevenage
  Chesterfield        Vs        Billericay Town or Taunton Town
  Lincoln City        Vs        Northampton Town
  Barnet        Vs        Bristol Rovers
  Yeovil        Vs        Stockport County

  Bury        Vs        Dover Athletic
  Gillingham        Vs        Hartlepool
  Oxford United        Vs        Forest Green Rovers
  Tranmere        Vs        Hemel Hempstead or Oxford City
  Accrington Stanley        Vs        Colchester United
  Barnsley        Vs        Notts County
  Shrewsbury        Vs        Salford City
  Met Police        Vs        Newport County
  Walsall        Vs        Coventry City
  Rochdale        Vs        Gateshead

  Hitchen Town or Leatherhead        Vs       Solihull Moors
  Sutton United        Vs        Slough Town
  Guiseley        Vs        Cambridge United
  Exeter City        Vs        Blackpool
  Luton Town        Vs        Wycombe Wanderers
  Morecambe        Vs        Warrington Town or Halifax Town
  Crewe Alexandra        Vs        Carlisle United
  Southend United        Vs        Crawley Town
  Chippenham or Maidenhead    Vs        Portsmouth
  Western Super Mare        Vs        Harrogate Town or Wrexham

Good luck all (except Franchise FC obviously).